Justylove
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Hopefully you realise you are simply making the point I made.
You will get disconnect between what those playing and watching the game WANT and what is CORRECT or MANDATED in the LOTG.
The disconnect occurs due to a number of factors:
Ignorance of the laws - prime examples are the irate protests around a player shouting 'leave it' to a teammate, the difference between 'last man' and DOGSO and the difference between careless, reckless and excessive force "that's reckless ref, you should have sent him off"
Game context - your example is highly relevant, early in a big game at youth level, some kid is going to be gutted to have been sent off without kicking a ball, or it's a game where the score is 8-0 and you send off a player on the losing side. In these cases you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You send the kid off early doors and you've spoilt the game for him and everyone else, especially if the team down a player goes on to lose. Likewise you don't send the kid off, then the opposing team feels aggrieved, especially if they lose the game. Clearly there is wiggle room if the offence isn't 100% clear cut and you can err on the side of leniency if it's an 'orange' offence, but if it's nailed on, then you have no choice.
I always used to feel sorry for the GK that made a valiant effort to save the ball with a striker in the PA and through on goal, got it slightly wrong and ended up getting sent off for DOGSO, thankfully sense prevailed and we saw a law change a few years back that stopped that!